The Last of Us movie to be ‘quite different’ from the game, says writer

The game tells the story of Joel and Ellie, two people trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.

Neil Druckmann, the creative director of the game, is penning the screenplay for the movie, and he explained that aspects of it will be ‘quite different’ from the popular PS4 game.

The reason for this, he explained, is that it’s impossible to fit the entire video game into a film.

In an interview with gaming site MCV, he said: ‘In two hours you can’t tell the same kind of story that you can in a game like The Last of Us, which is 15 hours.

‘I’m in the middle of it now, and it’s been super difficult because there’s so much that happens in The Last of Us – even just in the cinematices – that can’t fit in a film, let alone all the gameplay in-between and dialogue.’

He went on: ‘Some parts will be similar to the game and some parts will be quite different, but it’s kind of interesting in helping me understand this other medium and its strengths compared to video games.’

The big screen outing is rumoured to be two hours long with casting yet to be announced.